Listening paper recommendations

June 8, 2015

I hope everyone is well in the DP Music world. I have just started grading DP Music listening paper for the May 2015 session. I would like to share my thoughts in process while my experiences with the listening paper are fresh. Pragmatically, these recommendations...

Listening Paper – Section C – a tribute

May 30, 2015

The May 2015 exam session brought a change to the DP Music Listening Paper: the elimination of section C for HL students (the musical links discussion using two pieces from section B). I would like to honour section C as I found great value in the skills, knowledge...

Preparation for DP Music in grades 8-10 – musical ensemble suggestion

May 23, 2015

What can be done to prepare students in younger grades for the wonderful rigour of the DP Music course? My experiences in the my non-Diploma music classes were large musical ensembles (60-100 students per ensemble) that had consistent membership/enrolment for the...

Listening paper review (two suggestions)

May 16, 2015

Greetings DP Music teachers! With less than one week to go for the DP Music exam in northern hemisphere schools, I hope you students are reviewing for all of their exams with intention and fidelity. This post concerns two different strategies for reviewing for the DP...

Assessing for learning (in DP Music)

May 3, 2015

Greetings DP Music colleagues! I hope this post finds everyone well. I am working on an assessment in the DP workshop at the moment and would like to share some general thoughts about assessing for learning in DP Music. When we assess for understanding we are engaging...

Musical Links Investigations (teachers)

June 1, 2014

Greetings DP Music colleagues! I return to you after a wonderfully intense May 2014 exam session. I have just finished moderating Musical Links Investigations and would like to share my insights with you. The focus of this post will be the Musical Links Investigation....